Oh definitely. TPF is by far the easiest way to acquire games. No shipping fees and what you see is what you get.
Supposedly there are a number of “truck vultures” who monitor the unloading of every game and make offers on the spot. Truth be told, it’s not a bad strategy.
The Saturday morning swap meet is also a good place to find projects. As always, early bird gets the worm.
In the meantime I’ll keep floating potential projects in the cheap finds thread.
FYI in the meantime there is a Surf Champ in OK for $300 which would have made it on the list, but the right side of the playfield looks pretty worn. I’d ask for better pics. Seller says it won’t reset which is the biggest unknown but generally (especially with 4-player games) the issue is in one of the score reel switches. It’s a great player with good artwork and quite desirable when fixed up. http://tulsa.craigslist.org/vgm/4884101052.html